Taxi driver charged with reckless homicide in fatal bus stop crash

A taxi driver who fatally struck a man sitting at a bus stop in the River West neighborhood last month was charged today with reckless homicide.
John A. Kesse, 60, of the 4500 block of North Claredon Avenue, was taken into custody this morning at a Traffic Court hearing.
Kesse's cab hit several light poles before striking a 30-year-old man who was sitting on a bench at a bus stop at Milwaukee and Chicago avenues shortly after 6 a.m. on Aug. 14.
Eric Kerestes, who lived in the 600 block of North Racine Avenue, just blocks from the bus stop, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was thrown at least 15 feet by the impact.
Kerestes was a student in the Evening MBA Program at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Witnesses said they pulled Kesse out of his Checker cab as it started to catch fire. A passenger also escaped.

Pedestrian killed, 2 injured in taxi crash

A  pedestrian was killed and two other people were seriously injured this morning when a taxi cab struck a pole in the River West neighborhood on the North Side.
The collision occurred just before 6:10 a.m. at the intersection of Chicago and Milwaukee avenues.
The cab struck a pedestrian before striking the pole and rolling over.
One person was dead at the scene, and two others were taken to Stroger and Northwestern Memorial hospitasl, both in serious-to-critical condition,